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Tech Across the Globe

Age limits: The EU unveiled an app to confirm users’ age online. See what that means for social media companies.

Google’s successful bet: The Alphabet company is poised to make $100 billion from its investment in SpaceX when the rocket company goes public. Here’s who else stands to gain “life-changing” returns.

Snap jobs: The social media company said it was cutting 1,000 full-time employees, or 16% of its workforce. CEO Evan Spiegel explained it this way.

Enviable margins: TSMC reported earnings that yet again beat consensus estimates, with gross margin for the March quarter at 66.2%. The world’s top chipmaker also had a warning for Elon Musk.

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Mark Zuckerberg is working on an artificial intelligence assistant that will learn his speech patterns and company strategy so that it can substitute for the Meta CEO in conversations with employees, Kurt Wagner reports in today’s Tech In Depth. Is this a good idea or just another example of Zuckerberg throwing himself into what he thinks is the company’s next big thing?

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This Week in Cyber Bulletin

While the risks of cyberattacks are increasing, a US Treasury Department program that shares intelligence with financial institutions about potential hacks is set to end this month after the agency cut its funding, Jack Bleiberg, Margi Murphy and Jordan Robertson report in this week’s Cyber Bulletin.

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